Twitter : Follow me at @TeachHSScience to learn about great ideas for phenomena, the latest developments in NGSS, effective teaching strategies, and more! If you’re a teacher, tweet at me or follow me (and I’ll follow back) so that we can collaborate and learn from each other. And check out the awesome teachers I’m following to build your own teacher network!
Twitter is a great way to connect with educators outside your district and gain a wealth of ideas. Mariana Garcia-Serrato has a great blog post on how Twitter functions as a tool for professional development (Paccone, 2017). I am not a social media user in my personal life, and truthfully I was a bit apprehensive to use it even in a professional capacity, but I stepped outside my comfort zone for the betterment of my classroom practice. As a social media un-savvy person, I relied on this resource —“A beginner’s guide to Twitter for educators”— to get started and I recommend you do too (Teacher Practice Networks, 2016). As I continue to build my Twitter presence, I am modeling my account after the accounts of the top 55 most connect educators on twitter (Malloy, 2012).
Pinterest : Check out my Pinterest board for valuable NGSS resources, lesson ideas, and classroom management strategies.
You’ll notice that I follow a lot of education tags including Edutopia on Pinterest (Pinterest, n.d.; Edutopia, n.d.). Edutopia has a great resource that discusses using Pinterest for teaching and learning purposes (Edutopia, 2012).
Pinterest is also a great resource to use with your students. Teachers like Darcy Salvadore from Rancho Cucamonga, California (who you can also follow on Twitter) has blog posts with some really great insight into how to use Pinterest in the classroom to help students conduct research projects (Paccone, 2017).
References
Edutopia. (n.d.). Edutopia on Pinterest. Retrieved from http://pinterest.com/edutopia/
Edutopia. (2012, August 10). Five-minute film festival: Pinterest for teaching and learning. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-pinterest-teachinglearning (11 samples, approximate length: 2–14 minutes)
Malloy, M. (2012, September 30). Top 55 connected educators—100% perfect twitter accounts [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.mytowntutors.com/2012/09/top-55-connected-educators-100- perfect-twitter- accounts/
Paccone, P. (2017, December 28). Teachers Who Blog: The 20 Best of 2017. Retrieved from https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2017/12/28/teachers-who-blog-the-20-best-of-2017/
Pinterest. (n.d.). Pins · Boards · Pinners—search results for education. Retrieved December 3,2012, from http://pinterest.com/search/?q=education
Teacher Practice Networks. (2016, November 11). A beginner’s guide to Twitter for educators [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvpcMUjQE5z5yKGexivXaqQoJyH1Jn5BL
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